| US 7,569,068 B2 | ||
| Spinal osteosynthesis system | ||
| Stéphane Ramare, Biarritz (France) | ||
| Assigned to Kiscomedica, Saint-Priest (France) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/510,178 PCT Filed Apr. 02, 2003, PCT No. PCT/FR03/01017 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jun. 30, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO03/084415, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 16, 2003. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 02 04181 (FR), filed on Apr. 04, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0064088 A1, Mar. 23, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61B 17/70 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 606—246 [606/280] | 3 Claims |
| 1. A spinal osteosynthesis system comprising at least one pedicular screw with a head, a lug, first means for fastening a
first end of the lug to the head of the pedicular screw, a plate and second means for fixing the plate to a second end of
the lug, said first means for fastening the first end of the lug onto the pedicular screw head comprises:
a first portion of hemispherical shape secured to the head of the pedicular screw;
a second portion of hemispherical shape secured to the first end of the lug, said second hemispherical portion being complementary
to the first hemispherical portion; and
fastener means for fastening together the first and second hemispherical portions to cooperate one in the other with a common
first center of curvature, said fastener means for fastening together the first and second hemispherical portions comprising
a fastening screw made up of a threaded shank and a screwing head, and means for assembling said fastening screw in cooperation
with the first and second hemispherical portions so as to sandwich one of the first and second hemispherical portions between
the other of the first and second hemispherical portions and the screwing head, said means for assembling the fastening screw
are configured so that the threaded shank is secured to the one hemispherical portion sandwiching the other hemispherical
portion and goes through said other hemispherical portion via a hole of section greater than that of said threaded shank,
the screwing head being screwed onto said threaded shank, faces of the screwing head and of a hemispherical portion that comes
into contact with the screwing head being of complementary hemispherical shapes and with centers of curvature that coincide
substantially with the centers of curvature of the hemispherical portions, and
the second fastener means for fastening the plate onto the second end of the lug comprise:
a third portion of hemispherical shape secured to the plate,
a fourth portion of hemispherical shape secured to the second end of the lug, said fourth hemispherical portion being complementary
to the third hemispherical portion, and
fastener means for fastening together the third and fourth hemispherical portions to cooperate one in the other with a common
second center of curvature.
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